SCULPTOR

Pietro Bernini

1562 - 1629

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Pietro Bernini (6 May 1562 – 29 August 1629) was an Italian sculptor. He was the father of one of the most famous artists of Baroque, Gian Lorenzo Bernini, as well as the sculptor-architect Luigi Bernini. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Pietro Bernini is the 64th most popular sculptor (up from 67th in 2019), the 1,701st most popular biography from Italy (up from 1,741st in 2019) and the 15th most popular Italian Sculptor.

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Among SCULPTORS

Among sculptors, Pietro Bernini ranks 64 out of 258. Before him are Adriaen de Vries, Étienne Maurice Falconet, Bernardo Rossellino, Salvatore Garau, Jean-Baptiste Pigalle, and David d'Angers. After him are Isamu Noguchi, Franz Xaver Messerschmidt, Antonio Corradini, Lars Vilks, Antenor, and Francesco Laurana.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1562, Pietro Bernini ranks 7. Before him are Lope de Vega, Charles Emmanuel I, Duke of Savoy, Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck, Vincenzo Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua, Xu Guangqi, and Cesare d'Este, Duke of Modena. After him are Cornelis van Haarlem, Friedrich Wilhelm I, Duke of Saxe-Weimar, Ercole, Lord of Monaco, John Bull, John William, Duke of Jülich-Cleves-Berg, and Ottavio Rinuccini. Among people deceased in 1629, Pietro Bernini ranks 8. Before him are Carlo Maderno, Gabriel Bethlen, Jan Pieterszoon Coen, Hendrick ter Brugghen, Piet Pieterszoon Hein, and Catherine de' Medici, Governor of Siena. After him are Otto van Veen, Giorgi Saakadze, Mehmed III Giray, Sigismondo d'India, Jacob de Gheyn II, and Caspar Bartholin the Elder.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Pietro Bernini ranks 1,701 out of 5,161. Before him are Gaetano Mosca (1858), Antipope Benedict X (1048), Leonardo Loredan (1436), Cesare Prandelli (1957), Laura Pausini (1974), and Piero Taruffi (1906). After him are Prince Alfonso, Count of Caserta (1841), Alessandro Altobelli (1955), Antonio Salandra (1853), Blanche of Anjou (1280), Vincenzo Peruggia (1881), and Nereo Rocco (1912).

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Among SCULPTORS In Italy

Among sculptors born in Italy, Pietro Bernini ranks 15. Before him are Giovanni Pisano (1248), Jacopo della Quercia (1374), Andrea della Robbia (1435), Bonanno Pisano (1150), Bernardo Rossellino (1409), and Salvatore Garau (1953). After him are Antonio Corradini (1688), Properzia de' Rossi (1490), Marino Marini (1901), Andrea Sansovino (1467), Leone Leoni (1509), and Nanni di Banco (1380).

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